Preface
Abbreviations
Translator's Foreword
The Events of the Year 15 (cont'd) (636/637)
The Battle of Burs
The Battle of Babil
The Story of Bahurasir in the Month Dhu al-Hijjah of the Year 15 (January 637) as Related by Sayf
The Events of the Year 16 (637/638)
The Remainder of the Account of the Muslims' Entering the City of Bahurasir
The Report Concerning al-Mada'in al-Quswa, That Is, That Part (on the East Bank of the Tigris) in Which the King Had His Residence
Mention of the Booty Amassed from the People of al-Mada'in
How the Booty Acquired at al-Mada'in Was Distributed among the People Present at Its Conquest, Who Numbered, as Sayf Claims, in All Sixty Thousand
The Report about the Battle of Jalula' al-Waqi'ah
The Account of the Conquest of Takrit
The Account of the Conquest of Masabadhab
The Account of the Battle That Took Place at Qarqisiya
The Events of the Year 17 (638/639)
The Reason Why Those Muslims Who Moved from al-Mada'in to al-Kufah Did So, and the Reason for Their Planning of al-Kufah, According to Sayf
The Account Is Resumed Once More by Sayf
The Redivision of the People into 'Irafahs
The Conquest of al-Mada'in before the Founding of al-Kufah
The Story of Hims When the Byzantine Commander Marched on Its Muslim Occupants
The Conquest of al-Jazirah
'Umar's Journey to Syria
Variant Features of the Story of the Plague of 'Amawas and the Uncertainty as to the Year That It Occured
Sayf's Account of 'Umar's Last Trip to Syria and How He Introduced New Ideas for the Well-Being of the Muslims
An Account of the Campaign of Khalid and 'Iyad
An Account of the Circumstances Leading to the Conquest of al-Ahwaz and of Him Who Carried It Out
The Conquest of Tustar
The Raid into Fars
The Conquest of Ramhurmuz, al-Sus, and Tustar
The Conquest of al-Sus
What Happened between the Muslims and the Inhabitants of Jundaysabur
The Events of the Year 18 (639/640)
The Events of the Year 19 (640)
The Events of the Year 20 (640/641)
The Campaigns of the Muslims and Other Matters
The Conquest of Misr and Alexandria
The Events of the Year 21 (641/642)
The Battle of the Muslims and the Persians at Nihawand
The Account Is Resumed Once More by Sayf
Appendix I. The Poetry and Saj' in This Volume
Appendix II. A Modern Description of Tustar
Bibliography of Cited Works
Index